Improved ice-creeper



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEo THOMAS SYMONDS, OF PORTLAND, MAINE.

IIVIPROVED ICE-CREEPER.

o all whom fit may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS SYMoNDs, of

` Portland, in the county of Cumberland and heel; Fig. 4, the sliding frame with the spurs.

The object of myinvention is to produce an ice-Creeper that can be easily adjusted and be securely retained on the heel in such manner as to be completely out ot' the way when not in use.

My invention consists in providing a rectangular sliding frame or plate with spurs, and in constructing and attaching to the heel of a boot or shoe a rim having a groove, in which the frame or plate moves.

It further consists in fastening to the forward end of the heel a button to hold the sliding frame in position. The frame in its place on the heel is shown at A, Fig. l, and the button at B. C G represent two recesses cut in the forward end of the heel.

When the creeper is to be used the frame is placed in the grooves, so that the end thereof bearing the spurs shall rst enter the grooves, but otherwise the position of the frame is reversed, with the spurs turned toward the shank of the boot or shoe, in which case the spurs will fit into the recesses O O. In either position the frame is securely held by the button and the bar D. The frame is iitted with two slides, which fill the grooves in the rim. The grooves and slides are represented at e e and the slides at c, Fig. 4.

My invention can be made of any proper metal, and the spurs'of steel. The rim may be secured to the heel in any convenient mode.

NVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination ofthe sliding frame A, the grooves e e, the slides c c, the button B, and the bar D, all as and for the purposes described.

THOMAS SYMONDS Witnesses:

WILLIAM H. CLIFFORD, HENRY INMAN. 

